Lockweiler

Lockweiler City of Wadern
	Coordinates: 49 ° 31 ′ 37 " N , 6 ° 55 ′ 25" E
Height :	282 m above sea level NHN
Area :	13.36 km²
Residents :	1436 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	107 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66687
Area code :	06871
Location of Lockweiler in Saarland

Lockweiler is a district of the city of Wadern in the Merzig-Wadern district in Saarland . The place is in the Moselle Franconian language area. The district is located in the northern border area of the Saar-Nahe mountains .

Districts

Location of Lockweiler in the city of Wadern

The districts of Altland, Vogelsbüsch (partially) and Nuhweiler belong to the Lockweiler district. In terms of club life, the districts of Lockweiler and Krettnich are closely linked. The place also shares the coat of arms with the neighboring district.

history

Lockweiler is mentioned for the first time in 973 as "Locvillare" in the founding document of the St. Paul monastery in Verdun. There used to be three castles under the lockweiler spell: Schwarzenberg Castle, Motte Castle and Lockweiler Castle. Today the Haan Chapel, which was built in 1837 by the Lasalle von Louisenthal family, stands on the ruins of Schwarzenberg Castle.

Lockweiler belonged to the end of the First World War the district Merzig on the part of the Prussian governmental district Trier was. The Merzig district was assigned to the Saar area under the League of Nations administration in 1920 according to the provisions of the Versailles Treaty - with the exception of the Hochwald communities (districts of Wadern, Losheim and Weiskirchen), including Lockweiler, which continues under the name of " Restkreis Merzig-Wadern " under the administrative district Trier remained. The district administration of the "remaining district" was in Wadern. After the Second World War , France decided that Lockweiler was part of the newly formed Saarland, which was under French influence .

On January 1, 1957, the Saarland and with it Lockweiler, which belongs to the Wadern office, again becomes part of Germany. The economic connection to the Federal Republic did not take place until July 6, 1959. As part of the regional and administrative reform in the Saarland , the previously independent municipality of Lockweiler was dissolved on January 1, 1974 and assigned to the new municipality, from 1978 to the city of Wadern.

politics

Local council

Results of the local council elections on May 26, 2019:

CDU : 62.4%, 6 seats
SPD : 37.6%, 3 seats

Mayor

Since the territorial reform in 1974:

Berthold Müller (1974 to 1983)
Herbert Schillo (1983 to 2002)
Josef Serwe, CDU (from 2002)

coat of arms

Blazon : In a shield divided by a fork cut, two golden ears of wheat with 15 or 10 grains in red on the right , two black crossbars in gold on top, a black ring gear in gold on the left and two crossed black hammers. The golden ears of wheat symbolize the agriculture that gave the villages their character until the middle of the 19th century. At the same time they point to the stock goods system, which played a dominant role in the Dagstuhl county for centuries. The 15 grains in the left ear represent the 15 stocks in Lockweiler, the 10 grains in the right ear the 10 stocks in Krettnich. The upper part indicates the Schwarzenburg coat of arms. Hammer and mallet refer to the restructuring into miners' communities that took place in the second half of the 19th century. These symbols are also in memory of the ore mining that was carried out in Krettnich for over two centuries. The ring of teeth indicates that today craft and industry are the dominant elements in both parts of the city (Krettnich has the same coat of arms).

Culture and sights

A parish in Lockweiler was first mentioned in a document in 973. The Romanesque bell tower of the parish church, which is well worth seeing, was probably built in the 12th century together with a small stone church dedicated to the Holy Savior. After the reconstruction of the parish church of St. Michael in 1844, the tower reminds of the early days of the parish.

View of the old water tower of the Lockweiler waterworks

The "old church tower" in Lockweiler dates from the 12th century

The John Chapel, also called "Haankapelle", was built in the remains of the outer bailey of Schwarzenberg Castle in 1837 by the de Lasalle von Louisenthal family. There is also a way of the cross here.

Events

Fair (end of September / beginning of October)
Rose Monday procession (every 3 years alternating with waders and wadrill)

societies

In terms of club life, Lockweiler is closely associated with the Krettnich district. The most important clubs include various sports and cultural associations.

Economy and Infrastructure

Lockweiler developed into an important industrial and commercial location after the Second World War. Nothelfer GmbH, a company in the Thyssen Production Systems division, employs around 800 people. In addition, there are many other commercial and industrial companies in Lockweiler that make the district a center of the economy in the city of Wadern.

Lockweiler has two hotels, a sports field, a tennis facility, a rifle house, a pond, several children's playgrounds and a riding hall (Nuhweiler). In Lockweiler there is a multi-purpose hall that is not only used for school sports, but also for club sports.

media

Saarbrücker Zeitung
Wochenspiegel Hochwald
Official notice of the city of Wadern

Educational and educational institutions

Catholic day care center St. Michael Lockweiler
Lockweiler elementary school in the city of Wadern with voluntary all-day elementary school

Personalities associated with Lockweiler

Josef Wagner (1897–1943), resistance fighter against National Socialism
Otto Klinkhammer (* 1928), former editor-in-chief and program director of Saarland broadcasting for radio and television
Josef Schmitt (1921–1996), German politician (CDU), member of the Bundestag, President of the Saarland Landtag

literature

Literature on Lockweiler in the Saarland Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Lockweiler - collection of images

Lockweiler on the pages of the city of Wadern

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b data and facts on www.stadt-wadern.de
^ Restructuring Act - NGG of December 19, 1973 , § 34, published in the Saarland Official Gazette 1973 , No. 48, p. 855 (PDF page 27; 499 kB)
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 804 f .
↑ 1000 years of Lockweiler-Krettnich , Merziger Druckerei und Verlag GmbH, 1973

[daten-1] ta and facts on www.stadt-wadern.de

[2] Restructuring Act - NGG of December 19, 1973 , § 34, published in the Saarland Official Gazette 1973 , No. 48, p. 855 (PDF page 27; 499 kB)

[3] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 804 f .

[4] 1000 years of Lockweiler-Krettnich , Merziger Druckerei und Verlag GmbH, 1973